Beguiling music for all occasions, Shady Grove features finely crafted instrumental renditions of American folk songs, Stephen Foster tunes, and English and Irish ballads (as reflected through the prism of Southern Appalachia), as well as hymns and dances from Playford's The English Dancing Master. Many gifted musicians join the famed Celtic harpist in diverse ensembles—ranging from ethereal strings and vibraphone to kalimba and djembe to dulcimer and cello—as she breathes new life into American classics such as "Oh! Susanna," "Barbara Allen," "Shenandoah," and "Streets of Laredo.”